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Meaning of plain
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plain
adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
`plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in
bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too
important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all
patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here
for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but
apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain
stubborn" [syn: {obviously}, {evidently}, {manifestly},
{patently}, {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]
adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who
sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest
disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning
plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in
plain view" [syn: {apparent}, {evident}, {manifest},
{patent}, {plain}, {unmistakable}]
2: not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to
the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular
brick building" [ant: {fancy}]
3: lacking patterns especially in color [syn: {plain},
{unpatterned}] [ant: {patterned}]
4: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer
wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: {plain}, {sheer},
{unmingled}, {unmixed}]
5: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and
unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and
children" [syn: {plain}, {unvarnished}]
6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style";
"unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture
featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: {plain}, {bare},
{spare}, {unembellished}, {unornamented}]
7: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child";
"several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain
girl with a freckled face" [syn: {homely}, {plain}]
n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the
woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of
his youth" [syn: {plain}, {field}, {champaign}]
2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: {knit}, {knit stitch}, {plain},
{plain stitch}]
v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or
unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot
to kick about" [syn: {complain}, {kick}, {plain}, {sound
off}, {quetch}, {kvetch}] [ant: {cheer}, {cheer up}, {chirk
up}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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